A “gold standard” study finds deleting Facebook is great for your mental health

Re:A “gold standard” study finds deleting Facebook is great ... by vxxzy on Thursday January 31, 2019 @10:23AM (#19045351)

In general, many people waste time on internet. The internet and all of its available information is hard to resist (at-least in my case).

I've come up with a fix though! I simply have an addon in firefox that refreshes the web-page in 20 seconds! It is just enough annoyance to give up (especially after I am over halfway though an article..)

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Re:A “gold standard” study finds deleting Facebook is great ... by gtufano on Thursday January 31, 2019 @10:36AM (#19045466)

I'm not sure if this is a good thing... You're basically conditioning yourself to not read anything that lasts more than 20 seconds...

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Re:A “gold standard” study finds deleting Facebook is great ... by Brigadirk on Thursday January 31, 2019 @10:49AM (#19045560)

I use a pomodoro-method timer addon that blocks a certain list of websites when it's ticking.

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Re:A “gold standard” study finds deleting Facebook is great ... by sevensor on Thursday January 31, 2019 @10:52AM (#19045589)

I recommend the procrastination setting. I have it set for 10 minutes -- I just need enough of a kick in the seat to stop wasting my time.

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